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| Issuer | Euro Souvenir |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Size | 134 x 74 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | WIENER KAFFEEHAUSKULTUR 2024-11 0 EURO SOUVENIR R. FAILLE C.E.O. NEBM |
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| Reverse lettering | 0 EURO SOUVENIR |
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| Comments |
Euro Souvenir notes occupy a peculiar niche — legal tender in form but issued purely for the collector and tourist market, with face value fixed at zero and no actual monetary function. This example commemorates Viennese coffeehouse culture, which UNESCO added to its Intangible Cultural Heritage list in 2011. Oberthur Fiduciaire handles the series printing, the same French security printer responsible for genuine banknotes across multiple African and European jurisdictions, so the production standards are not merely cosmetic.
The security thread is present as a production requirement of the Euro Souvenir program, not because these notes needed protection from counterfeiting.